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Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has announced a shutdown of the Adoration Ministry for a period of one month. This may not be unconnected to the earlier directive given to him by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga. According to Daily Post, The ministry sent out a notice early Tuesday morning informing members that Fr. Mbaka was proceeding on a one-month private prayer retreat. It was, however, silent on whether it was in obedience to the Bishop’s order. A message to that effect obtained by DAILY POST read: “Our Spiritual…

Property worth millions of naira were on Sunday destroyed by an early morning fire which razed down the headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 28, Lagos expressway by China Town. The actual cause of the fire said to have started around 5am on Sunday is still unknown. The Lagos State police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the fire outbreak, said on hearing of the fire, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Oguru, alerted men of the state fire service. “The fire was successfully put out. No life was lost to the inferno, only the property of…

Father Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), has apologised to the Catholic church over his mistakes in recent times. While delivering his sermon on Sunday, Mbaka asked Callistus Onaga, bishop of the diocese, to forgive him and his followers for his comments and theirs which have rubbed off negatively on the church. He also cautioned his followers against violence, after some of them broke into the diocesan cathedral on Wednesday when his whereabouts was unknown for some hours. “I can’t disobey them church — who am I? How can somebody who has been serving the church…

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday night broke his silence after the demise of his son, Dare Adeboye. Dare had died in his sleep on Tuesday, May 4, in Eket, Akwa-Ibom, where he was pastoring the RCCG church. Adeboye, who preached at the May 2021 edition of the church’s Holy Ghost service, urged everyone to thank God and say, ‘It is well even in the face of crises rather than ‘blame and question God’. He said, “Whatever we have is given to us by God, be it wealth, wife, husband, children…

Adeboye, in his sermon, said, “The bread multiplied in the hands of the disciples, as you receive the bread, it will multiply in your hands.” The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday evening, made his first public appearance after the death of his 42-year-old son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. The general overseer featured on Thursday at the Holy Communion Service of the May Edition of the church’s Holy Ghost Service. THE WHISPERER  had earlier reported that the younger Adeboye died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was…

Rev Dr. Charles Osueke, the former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church Nigeria is dead.   The late clergy who led the Assemblies of God church for 22 years before his retirement in November 2010, died in the early hours of Thursday according to a source close to the church. According to a report by Vanguardngr, the 79-year old preacher was hospitalized sometime last week following ill health but was later discharged from the hospital. The late cleric had his night devotion as usual on Wednesday night before going to bed but could not make it in the…

Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead, THE WHISPERER has learnt. According to PUNCH, the 42-year-old, who is the third son of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family. If was  gathered from reliable sources in the church that the deceased, who was the Assistant Pastor in charge of Region (Youth) 35, had ministered the previous day. He was said to have retired to his bed and did not wake up. His…

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has disclosed that the authorities of the Enugu Catholic Diocese were behind his two days ordeal. Father Mbaka, who addressed his parishioners at the Adoration ground in Umuchigbo Nike, Enugu, said he was summoned by the Bishop from where he was kept incommunicado. He said the plan was to keep him for 30 days. He said a lot of issues were presented against him after which the Church leadership, led by Bishop Calistus Onaga told him that he would remain indoors for one month, a period that would allow…

The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has suspended Ejike Mbaka from church activities for one month. This is coming at a time the controversial priest’s political escapades continue to overshadow his theological obligations on a scale that nurtures unending concerns amongst his senior clerics. Mr Mbaka was asked to proceed on suspension with effect from May 3 after being summoned by Callistus Valentine Onaga, the diocesan bishop. According to Peoples Gazettee, Mr Onaga called Mr Mbaka in following his repeated clashes with President Muhammadu Buhari and warned that his conduct was smearing the image of the church, the largest of any…